Draft Programme of Work - Conference of Ministers

Monday 2 April

9:30 – 10:30 hours Opening of the session

Brief remarks by His Excellency, Mr. Seydou Bouda, Minister of the Economy and Development, Ministry of the Economy and Development, Burkina Faso

Opening address by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

Statement by Mr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner, Economic Affairs, Commission of the African Union

Statement by His Excellency Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister, Ethiopia

10:30 – 11:00 hours Election of the Bureau

Adoption of the draft agenda and programme of work

11:00 – 11:30 hours Coffee/Tea Break

11:30 – 13:30 hours Session I: Presentation and high-level panel discussion on the theme of the Conference – Accelerating Africa's growth and development to meet the MDGs: Emerging challenges and the way forward

13:30 – 15:00 hours Lunch

15:00 – 16:15 hours Session I: (Continued) Ministerial Policy Debate on Accelerating Africa's growth and development to meet the MDGs: Emerging challenges and the way forward

16:15 – 16:30 hours Coffee/Tea Break

16:30 – 18:00 hours Session I: (Continued) Ministerial Policy Debate on Accelerating Africa's growth and development to meet the MDGs: Emerging challenges and the way forward

18:00 hours Cocktail reception hosted by the Chairperson of the Conference

Tuesday 3 April

9:30 – 10:45 hours Session II: Aid for trade: Challenges and opportunities for Africa

10:45 – 11:00 hours Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 11:30 hours Information session on the proposed International Statistics Institute (statement by H.E. Mr. Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, South Africa)

11:30 – 13:00 hours Session III: Consideration of the report and major recommendations of the twenty-sixth meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

13:00 – 13:30 hours Any other business

13:30 – 15:00 hours Lunch

15:00 – 17:30 hours Special Events

17:30 – 19:00 hours Session IV: Consideration and adoption of the draft Ministerial Statement and draft resolutions

Closing remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECA

Wrap-up by the Chairperson of the Conference

 

Programme of the Special Events

15:00 – 15:30 hours Information session on the forthcoming Conference on Financing for Development, Accra, Ghana, May 2007 , (statement by H.E. Mr. Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana)

15:30 – 16:30 hours Launching of the Economic Report on Africa 2007

16:30 – 17:00 hours Coffee/Tea Break